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It’s 2019 and it’s already time for everyone to start implementing New Year’s goals. But before you jump in and make good on your 2019 resolutions, let’s acknowledge that you worked really hard in 2018. Like really hard. You may not have met all of your 2018 personal goals, and maybe missed the mark on one or two objectives, but …
When you do things you can control, your chance of success is high. I control what time I wake up. It was 4:35 AM this morning. Early? Yes, but it allows me to get stuff done. I control what I put on my to-do list (this blog post was one of my to-do list items). I control how hard I …
Seriously. Find out. Ask your next prospective hire if you can see what they Google… Relax if you are the one who has something to hide on Google. Even with Google’s hiring product Google Hire, they will not release this information to an employer. If you really want to dig deep into someone, ask a sales rep for his/her last …
The other day I watched a Facebook live of a recruiting pro panel talking about AI and chatbots and the impact on recruiting. One guy said they were coming to take away recruiters jobs. Another gal compared it to letting a robot write your legal documents so you don’t have to talk to an attorney. First things first. AI stands …
A career happens the day we learn how to make a dollar for ourselves, which can come at almost any age when you count lawn mowing, babysitting, paper route type jobs. If you take the traditional route – graduate college, then work – you can get fooled into thinking your career is outside of your control until one day you …
There continue to be many HR Tech tools and apps sprouting up that claim to make it easier to give feedback and guidance to people. While I’m a big fan of more transparency, when it comes to conversations about performance or just giving clear guidance, these conversations…wait for it…should happen in person. The HR Tech tools out there sound good …
There are scores of tips for HR pros to help make their companies better – be more strategic, be disruptive, be an advisor, etc. Being all those things is good, but it takes focus. Here are seven controllable (but not always easy) acts any HR pro can do that trumps a Master’s Degree and will make their company better. Get off …
A few years back I became aware that there was a “Speaker’s Circuit” for HR people. The more I became aware of it, the more it sounded like a wonderful place to be. You have done everything in your career and now you are being paid hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars to travel the world and…..speak. I later …
Waking up before 5 AM is simple but not easy. The majority of people hit snooze a couple of times and crawl out of bed much later. Every night, go to bed early to get 7-8 hours of sleep and set your alarm for a wake-up call at 4:27 AM. Simple but not easy. Not bragging here, just sharing what …
Taking the long route gives you perspective. A career is long and perspective is what you need to make good choices about your career path. It’s easy to look for the shortcut, as you would look for the shortcut to getting home fast after work, but there are few shortcuts to a good career. Instead, you should appreciate that you …
